Gas-producer.



W. O. AMSLER.

GAS PRODUCER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 14,1910.

Patented Nov. 4, 1913.

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GAS PRODUCER.

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WALTER o. `AlvisLEa, or rrr'rsBUEGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

GAS-PRODUCER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 4, 1913.

Application filed Merch 14, 1910. Serial No. 549,168. 1

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, WALTER O. AMsLEn. a resident of Pittsburgh, in the count of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, lave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gas-Producers, of which the following is a specification.

An object of my invention is to provide a new and im roved gas-producer of the rotative or revo uble ty e of producer.

Further objects of t e present invention are to provide means for automatically and positively feedinr the producer with fuel, and also to provigde a mechanically operated poker for the producer.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate an application of my invention, Figure 1 is a central vertical sectional view of a gas-producer embodying my invention; Fig. 2 a top plan; Fig. 3, an elevational view of thc upper portion articularly showing the fuel reservoir and the gearing for the mechanically operated poker and fuel feed device; and Fig. 4 a broken vertical sectional view of the poker and feed device.

Referring to the drawings, 2 designates the rot-afable producer proper or body provided at its lower end with an annular supporting ring-member 3 having a dependin flange 4 adapted to dip into a water seal o an annular ash receiving trough 5. Trough 5 is supported upon a` series of l'oller bearings 6 which latter are mounted on pinions 7 having their bearings in housings 8, said housings 8 in turn being mounted on abase 9.

l0 desiguales a bearing-ring interposed between the rollers 6 and flanges 11 formed on the under surface of the trough 5.

Trough 5 is adapted to bp rotated and supports and carries with it the producer body. For the purpose of supporting said producer body I provide the trough with a series of .supporting ledges 12 on which portions of the ring-member 3 rest.

Trough 5 ist provided with a centrally located wall 13 which projects upwardly into the lower end of the producer. This wall 13 is rovided with an upper inwardly exten ing flange 14 and a lower flange 15 and is closed about" midway of its height by a plate member 16. The u per flange 14 is designed to support a hoo 17 and the lower flange 15 cooperates with the plate-member 16 in forming a water seal for the upper end of an air pi 18. y.

The upper en of the producer proper is a tip or plu secure r. iv

rovided with a water containing ring-memer 19 and located over and closing the top of the producer body I provide a cap-plate 20. Cap-plate 20 is preferably ofsthe form shown and is designed to contain tbody of water employed for sealin and cooling purposes. As illustrated, pllte 20 is formed with a flange 21 extending above and below the plate, an opening 22 in communication with a gas outlet p1pe 23, an opening 24 bounded by a flanged wall 25, the flange 26 thereof being utilized for supporting a double walled bearing member 27 having a flange a adapted to rest upon the flange 26. 28 designatesl a rotatable casing arranged in and extending above and below member 27. Casing 28 at its upper end is provided with an annular rack-plate 29 and has its lower end contracted and formed with an engaging flange 30. Flange 30 is adapted to have secured thereto a combined cker" and fuel feed device which projects own into the producer and below the surface of the fuel therein. This combined poker and feed device comprises a hollow metallic structure consisting of the poker proper or body 3l andl atube or passage 32 preferably formed lintegral with the body and designed to pass the fuel out through an opening 33 ,of the body., The body is formed with an engaging flange 34 similar to the flange 30 of the casin 28 and 35 designates to the lower end of the poke ater may be supplied to the interior of the poker by means of a pipe 36. Supported over the fixed top-plate by means of posts 37 ris a fuel reservoir 3S having at the top thereof a fuel hopper 39, the latter being provided with a counterbalanced bell-valve 40.' The reservoir at its discharge end is provided with a depending flange 41 adapted to extend into the rotatable casing 28 and dip into the water in said casing, and it is further provided with a fla-nge 42 entered into the up er end of the tube of passage 32. Within t e fuel ma azine or reservoir, 38 I provide means or positively feeding fuel therefrom to t-he tube 32. These means may com rise any suitable positive feeddevice such, or example, as a screw-feed, or they may comprise a plunger device 43 vertically movab e 1n bearings 44 carried by members 45.

The rotatable producer proper and the other movable members as illustrated, lare driven by main drive shaft 46, designed to be connected with a motor, noty shown, a shaft 47 and gearingT connected with said lqhaft. Thus, for dri ving the casing Q8 and the at tached poker and feed device I provide the shaft 4G with a 4gar 48 adapted to mesh with the teeth of the rack plate 2t* rl`he producer body is rotated bv means 'dtaft- 17, a j `ar 4t) carried on the upper end of shaft 'lT and arranged to meeh with a gear 5t) ol .shaft 4C. and a ,gear 5l carried at the lower end of shaft 4i' and designed to Cooperate with a toothed member 52 secured to the trough 5.

The means for act-natiin;F the plunger 43 comprise a cani 523 mounted on shaft 4G, an adjustable two part connectingr rod 54 havingry its upper end secured to a curved bar 55 formed with openinghv 56. liar 55 iS connected with an cnd of a shaft. 57 located in a sleeve or bea rin,"r .3S projecting through the wall ot' the fuel magazine. Secured to the opposite end of whaft 57 is a connecting?T rod of). (.onnetine' rod 59 has` an end projected into the hollow ,')lunger and connects with a rod tt), which latter extends down through the plunger and Secures a plug 61,

lt it evident, without departingr from the .et-ope of my invention, that in place of revolvimt; the producer proper as Shown and deaeribed, the top plate thereof could he made to revolve and the producer body remain stationary.

'hat I claim is:

l. A gas-l'nodueer having a rotatable body. a fixed cover-member, a fuel-reservoir laupportcd above the cover-member, and a combined poker and fuel feeding,r device in communication with the reservoir and projecting' downwardly therefrom into the rotatable body.

A gas producer having,r a rotatable hotly. a eover-member, a fuel-reservoir, lucana operable to effect a positive forced feed of fuel from the reservoir, and a cour bined rotatable fuel feed and poker device extending downwardly into the bed of fuel in the producer.

it. ga producer having a revoluble, hod v. a fixed fuel reacrvoir and a revoluble feed device arranged ececntrieally of the producer body and in to`nnnunitation with the renervoir and projectingr downwardly :i.-erel'rom into the producer body.

Al. pas producer having a body, a cover l member, `one of Said parte being rotatable, a fuel reservoir, and a hollow member constituting a combined poker and fuel feeding devicearranged eCCentricallv of the producer body and in ctnnmunication with the re er vo i r. l

5. gasproducer havingr a body, a covermember, and a combined rotatable poker and feed device projecting into the bed of fuel and having a discharging opening above its lower end.

6. A gaaprodueer having' a body, a covermember, a combined rotatable poker and feed device comprising au inner tube and a casing, Said device adapted to extend into the produeer below the lSurface of the contained fuel and having a discharge opening;` above its lower end, and means for rotating the poker and feed device.

7. Av as-producer having:y a rotatable body, a ixed cover therefor, a fuel reservoir supported above the cover, means for controlling;r the passage ot' fuel from the reservoir, a combined poker and fuel feeding device arranged ecceutricallv of the producer body and in communication with the reservoir and projeetirnr downwardl \l into the bed of fuel, and operable meamI for the rotatable members.

8. Av gas-producer having a rotatable body, a fixed`cover-nnmbcr. a fuel-reser voir, means for controlling the passage, ol' fuel from the reservoir7 a rotatable cadng and a combined poker and feed device secured to the casingy and movable'therewith.

9. In a ,95:15 prodtuer` a combined rotatable charging" and poking device eompri ing a fuel feed tube andan outer easing hav ingr a di rhar;'in;' opening` eotnmunieatine' with the tube. and operable nunonv for rotating' the device.

1t). The combination with a naa produt-er having a revolnble body, ol' a rover-unay havingy a exit port.y a combined rotatable charging' and pokingextending; through the rap-plate, and operable nieant for aaid device.

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